Girolamo Russo - Etna Rosso Feudo 2018 (750ml)
Price: $75.00
Sale Price: $59.00
| Producer | Girolamo Russo |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Varietal | Nerello Mascalese |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Sku | 1528168 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 94 Points
Aromas of damson jam together with pronounced mineral and floral notes marking this as a very terroir-driven red. Medium-to full-bodied with a layered texture of fruit and firm but not chewy tannins. Dense fruit and mineral elements vie for position but pull together in the long finish. Quietly complex well-structured red. Delicious even now but patience until 2022 will be rewarded.
vWine Advocate: 94 Points
With 4000 bottles released the Girolamo Russo 2018 Etna Rosso Feudo is an exceptionally delicate wine with a bouquet that is underlined by wilted rose and dried lavender bud. A tiny part of Nerello Cappuccio is blended into this primarily Nerello Mascalese-based wine. Feudo is planted to 70-year-old vines at 640 meters in elevation. The wine is super silky and smooth showing none of the roughness or etched quality that you can sometimes get with an Etna red. Instead this polished wine wraps evenly over the palate and imparts plenty of fruit typicity and volcanic character along the way. It helped that I opened my sample bottle some four hours before tasting this beautiful wine.
Vinous: 92+ Points
The 2018 Etna Rosso Feudo is understated yet quite charming. Swirling brings forward scents of cherry and plum sauce clove and peppery herbs. There are depths of silky texture complemented by rich dark fruits which are then nicely offset by a mix of nervous acidity and salty minerals. Sour notes of plum and hints of citrus linger along with a coating of fine tannin as the Feudo tapers off structured and persistent showing the balance to mature beautifully over medium-term cellaring. Very nice. (Drink between 2021-2027)
